Medion launches ?99 sat nav

Medion has launched a ?99 sat nav system in time for Christmas. The GoPal PNA 210 boasts a colour, 2.8in, touch-sensitive screen with 2D or 3D views of directions and voice guidance. ...more

Netscape Navigator 9 taps into Web 2.0

Netscape has unveiled its new Web browser bearing an old name. According to Netscape, the new-look Navigator 9 has more than a dozen new features, and it is arguably the first Web browser to directly tap into Web 2.0, albeit in limited fashion. ...more

Blue Coat takes anti-spyware measures to the server level

As the amount of spyware - and the hype surrounding it - increases, companies are looking for ways to counter the threat of spyware beyond scanning and prevention at the user level. US-based Blue Coat says it has updated its proxy server solutions to come up with, what it claims to be, the industry's first anti-spyware measures which works at the server level. Spyware is a broad term that covers a range of software that secretly installs itself on a user's machine. ...more

Lindows renamed as Linspire, under Microsoft pressure

Desktop Linux company Lindows has bowed to legal pressure from Microsoft and is to rebrand its product as Linspire. Despite US court victories, Lindows decided it could not afford to counter Microsoft's strategy of suing the company around the world. Apart from the legal bills, Lindows faced the prospect of losing valuable markets in countries, such as the Netherlands, where Microsoft had managed to gain injunctions preventing the company from using the name. ...more

Dell recalls four million laptop batteries

Dell has recalled more than four million laptop batteries amid concerns that they can overheat and, in extreme circumstances, burst into flame. 'Dell is voluntarily recalling certain Dell-branded batteries with cells manufactured by Sony and offering free replacements for these batteries,' said the company. 'Under rare conditions, it is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could pose a risk of fire. ...more